Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Climbing Wall Instructor

Course

Training

Type

Training

Award Description

This qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to supervise climbers on purpose built artificial climbing walls and boulders. The scheme does not include the skills and techniques required to teach lead climbing.

The Climbing Wall Instructor Training Course is the designed for people who would like to deliver and supervise climbing on artificial climbing structures like climbing walls, climbing towers etc.

The 2 days training course will cover all that you need to know to safely teach and supervise climbing and is suitable for those with personal climbing experience that are looking to work and supervise others. This might be teachers, climbing wall staff and or climbing club volunteers.

To register for the course:

• You must be at least 17 years old
• You should have at least 6 months of experience of using a variety of climbing walls
• You should have an interest in climbing and in supervising groups on climbing walls
• You must be a member (club or individual) of a mountaineering council (BMC, Mountaineering Ireland, Mountaineering Scotland). Find out why this is required.
• You must create an account on our system and register for the Climbing Wall Instructor qualification (cost: £65)

To book a training course:

Email: joe.lewis@rockuk.org

Tel: 07849085000

• You must be registered on the Climbing Wall Instructor qualification
• You must have an understanding of the wider sport of climbing
• You must have recorded (ideally on DLOG*):
  • Visits to three different climbing walls on at least 15 different occasions; this must include at least one major public wall.
  • 10 led routes at French grade 4 (or equivalent)

Course Content

Climbing Wall Instructor training lasts for two days and will cover:

• The Climbing Wall Instructor syllabus
• What to expect at assessment
• Feedback on your performance and areas to focus on prior to assessment

Syllabus

Technical competence (including equipment, belaying, personal skills and background knowledge)

Management and decision making (including planning, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques and managing other staff)

Teaching and learning skills

The climbing environment (including access, etiquette and ethics)

Consolidation

After completing a training course, use the feedback from your course director and the skills checklist to identify syllabus areas you need to practise. You can then work on these and compile your digital log book with the required work before booking your 1 day climbing wall instructor assessment. 

Start

01/02/2025 09:30

End

02/02/2025 17:30

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

6

Bookings

6

Venue

Rock UK Summit Centre and Boulders Newport Rd

Town

TREHARRIS

County

merthyr tydfil

Postcode

CF46 6RD

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

51.68377

Longitude

-3.29728

Name

Rock UK Summit Centre

Phone

07849085000

Website

Email